News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Larry Lehmann of Giddings, Texas has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s E-rate Program, the Department of Justice announced today. The E-rate Program, created by Congress in the Telecommunications...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Dr. Farid Fata, 48, of Oakland Township, Michigan was arrested this morning and charged in a criminal complaint for his role in a health care fraud scheme which involved submitting false claims to Medicare for services that were medically unnecessary, including chemotherapy treatments, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade and Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: As we publish the 2012 Wind Technologies Market Report, we are excited to break down some recent EIA data not included in the report that shows significant wind farm growth across the nation. 2012 was a big year for wind energy. In total, 143 wind farms either came on line or added capacity in 2012, bringing the total number to 815. This brought the country’s total wind capacity to more than 60 GW, enough energy to power about 15 million homes.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: While television may portray forensic science as able to distill the most complex crime scenes in under an hour, real life forensic lab workers know the limits of what science can tell them.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Tommy Lee Walton, II, 39, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Nashville for his role in an honest services mail and wire fraud scheme involving his payment of bribes and kickbacks to a former president of the Clarksville Department of Electricity, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney for the District of Montana Michael W. Cotter, Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Special Agent in Charge Scott Vito, Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Gerald T. Roy, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations Division...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced MARIO CARMON, 33, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 100 months imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the filing of a Criminal Information in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging Timothy Turner, age 36, of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, with a fraud scheme utilizing the United States Mails.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: KEYSTONE, S.D. - Mount Rushmore National Memorial Superintendent Cheryl Schreier is pleased to announce Xanterra at Mount Rushmore as the 2013 recipient of the National Park Service, Midwest Region, Excellence in Partnering Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Oldcastle Precast, Inc. (“Oldcastle"), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has agreed to pay the United States $95,000.00 to settle False Claims Act (“FCA") allegations, announced David Rivera, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Michael A. McGuffy, age 33, of Spokane Valley, Washington, was sentenced today after having previously plead guilty on April 17, 2013, to Receipt of Child Pornography. Chief United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: ANIL PATEL, age 45, formerly a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, was charged in a bill of information today with filing a false tax return, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that David Joseph VonBargen, 50, of Fruitland, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 420 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. VonBargen was convicted by a federal jury in April 2013 of carrying and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A pilot and his passenger, who belly landed their Beechcraft plane at the Yoakum County Airport on April 30, 2013, appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings and pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge. Pilot Gregory Thomas, 50, of Sacramento, California, and his...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: “Many of the events that made 2012 such an interesting year are part of the long-term trends we see in a changing and varying climate - carbon levels are climbing, sea levels are rising, Arctic sea ice is melting, and our planet as a whole is becoming a warmer place," said Acting NOAA Administrator Kathryn...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced DESMOND BERTRAM WHITE, 35, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina to 210 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Man Charged With Counterfeiting. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the filing of a felony Information in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging Fabian Forbes, age 23, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with a conspiracy to deal in counterfeit United...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on August 5, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Tommie Joe Flett, age 41, of Nespelem, Washington, was sentenced on Monday, August 5, 2013, after having previously pleaded guilty on April 29, 2013, to one count of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 6, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) 2012 State of the Climate, a peer-reviewed report by over 380 leading scientists from the U.S. and around the world.
